Category - Touch
Subcategory - Stamps with Thermochromic Ink Printing
Spain 2016 School Civic Values - Solidarity Stamps with thermochromic ink printing
Issue date 21 September 2016
Solidarity is an attitude that is learned in the classroom at an early age. It involves showing attachment to others in certain causes and sharing their interests and needs. Solidarity implies affection, support, empathy and brings a feeling of brotherhood.
Correos Spain has issued a special sheet with 6 stamps printed with thermochromic ink which contains a word search jumble of spanish words which emphasises the solidarity values like “help the sick”, “help the disabled”, “against abuse”, “help the elderly”, “help the needy”, and “against racism”. These spanish words appear in the word search jumble when a finger is run across each stamps and other words around these solidarity words disappear when pressed by the finger.
Spoiler Alert
The spanish words in the word search jumble are
“con los enfermos” - “help the sick”,
“con la discapacidad” - “help the disabled” ,
“contra el maltrato” - “against abuse”,
“con la tercera edad” - “help the elderly” ,
“con los necesitados” - “help the needy” ,
“contra el racismo” - “against racism”
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Stamps with Thermochromic Ink Printing
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Category - Sight
Subcategory - Glow in the Dark Stamp Under UV Stamps
South Africa 2001 Bats of South Africa with glow in the dark printing
Issue date 22 June 2001
South Africa Post has issued a special stamp sheet featuring the bats of South Africa. The stamps on the sheets are self adhesive .
The bats features on the stamp sheet are
Cape horseshoe bat
Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bat
Egyptian Fruit Bat
Egyptian Free-tailed Bat
Welwitsch's hairy bat
Short eared trident bat
De Wintons's long eared bat
Schreiber's long fingered bat
Common slit faced bat
Large eared free tail bat
The sheet also features phosphorous fluorescent printing on the heading and the moon glows in the dark under UV light
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Glow in the Dark Stamp Under UV Stamps
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Category - Sight
Subcategory - Odd Shaped Miniature Sheet
Gibraltar 2004 Tribute to Football Odd shaped Miniature Sheet
Issue date 06 June 2004
Gibraltar Post has issued a special round shaped miniature sheet featuring 4 stamps as a tribute to European football which come together to play the UEFA cup from 12 June and 4 July 2004 where in 16 European teams will participate.
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Odd Shaped Miniature Sheet
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Category - Sight
Subcategory - Stamps with Interactive Games/ Odd Shaped Stamps
UK 2006 Fun Fruit 'n' Veg Smilers Sheet
Issue date - 7 March 2006
Royal Mail has issued a special Smiler Sheet consisting of 20 x 1st class stamps with customisable "Fun Fruit 'n' Veg" stamps originally issued in 2003. The stamps are odd shaped stamps.
Hats, eyes, noses, etc are printed in the sheet border; these may be peeled off and to make characters on the stamps, in the style of Mr Potato Head. The cartoon word bubbles can be customised and written along with the stamp for greetings etc...
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Stamps with Interactive Games
Odd Shaped Stamps
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Category - Sight
Subcategory - Metal Foil Stamps - Tin foil
Bolivia 1986 Bob Sled Calgary 1988 on Tin Foil Miniature Sheet
Issue date 25 September 1986
A special tin foil stamps on a Miniature Sheet. featuring Hans Stanggassinger and Franz Wembacher (Germany) winners of the Gold Medal of the two person Luge competition at the Sarajevo 1984 Winter Olympics and training for another win at the Calgary 1988 Winter Olympics, was issued by Bolivia Postal Authorities.
One of the stamps featured on the miniature sheet was a stamp on a stamp issued in 1978 on the Mountain Illimani and the other stamp on stamp featuring the Bolivian Coat of Arms Stamp issued in 1974
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Metal Foil Stamps
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Category - Touch
Subcategory - Cloth Stamps
Colombia 2016 Rio Olympics Silk Miniature Sheet
Issue date 7 July 2016
Colombia Post to commemorate the Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil has issued a special Silk miniature sheet featuring the Peace Dove.
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Cloth Stamps
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Category - Touch / Smell
Subcategory - Flock Stamps / Scented Stamps
Colombia 2016 Signing of the Peace Agreement Flock Scented Stamp
Issue date 13 September 2016
Colombia Post to commemorate the signing of the Peace Agreement between the Colombian Government and the FARC with the issue a special flock stamp with an olive scented odour.
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Flock Stamps
Scented Stamps
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